# 61 FR 10903: Tobacco InspectionGrowers Referendum > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FR_PRORULE_96-6347 ## Section - **Citation:** 61 FR 10903 - **Heading:** Tobacco InspectionGrowers Referendum - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Federal Register / Vol. 61 / 61 FR 10903 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 7 CFR Part 29 [Docket No. TB-95-18] Tobacco Inspection--Growers Referendum AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of referendum. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces that a referendum will be conducted by mail during the period of April 15-19, 1996, for producers of flue- cured tobacco who sell their tobacco at auction in Sanford and Carthage-Aberdeen, North Carolina, to determine producer approval of the designation of the Sanford and Carthage-Aberdeen tobacco markets as one consolidated auction market. DATES: The referendum will be held April 15-19, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Fial, Assistant to the Director, Tobacco Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090- 6456; telephone number (202) 260-0151. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of a mail referendum on the designation of a consolidated auction market at Sanford and Carthage-Aberdeen, North Carolina. Sanford, North Carolina, was designated on June 26, 1942, and Carthage-Aberdeen, North Carolina, on August 30, 1988, (7 CFR 29.8001) as flue-cured tobacco auction markets under the Tobacco Inspection Act (7 U.S.C. 511 et seq.). Under this Act both have been receiving mandatory grading services from USDA. On September 12, 1995, an application was made to the Secretary of Agriculture to consolidate the designated markets of Sanford and Carthage-Aberdeen, North Carolina. The application, filed by Jeffrey S. Smith, a warehouse operator in Sanford, was made pursuant to the regulations promulgated under the Tobacco Inspection Act (7 CFR Part 29.1-29.3). On November 7, 1995, a public hearing was held in Sanford, North Carolina, pursuant to the regulations. A Review Committee, established pursuant to Sec d markets of Sanford and Carthage-Aberdeen, North Carolina. The application, filed by Jeffrey S. Smith, a warehouse operator in Sanford, was made pursuant to the regulations promulgated under the Tobacco Inspection Act (7 CFR Part 29.1-29.3). On November 7, 1995, a public hearing was held in Sanford, North Carolina, pursuant to the regulations. A Review Committee, established pursuant to Sec. 29.3(h) of the regulations (7 CFR 29.3(h)), has reviewed and considered the application, the testimony presented at the hearing, the exhibits received in evidence, and other available information. The Committee recommended to the Secretary that the application be granted and the Secretary approved the application on February 26, 1996. Before a new market can be officially designated, a referendum must be held to determine that a two-thirds majority of producers favor the designation. It is hereby determined that the referendum will be held by mail during the period of April 15-19, 1996. The purpose of the referendum is to determine whether farmers who sold their tobacco on the designated markets at Sanford and Carthage-Aberdeen are in favor of, or opposed to, the designation of the consolidated market for the 1996 and succeeding crop years. Accordingly, if a two-thirds majority of those tobacco producers voting in the referendum favor this consolidation, a new market will be designated as and will be called Sanford-Carthage-Aberdeen. To be eligible to vote in the referendum a tobacco producer must have sold flue-cured tobacco on either the Sanford or Carthage- Aberdeen, North Carolina, auction markets during the 1995 marketing season. Any farmer who believes he or she is eligible to vote in the referendum but has not received a mail ballot by April 15, 1996, should immediately contact Rebecca Fial at (202) 260-0151. The referendum will be held in accordance with the provisions for referenda of the Tobacco Inspection Act, as amended (7 U.S.C rthage- Aberdeen, North Carolina, auction markets during the 1995 marketing season. Any farmer who believes he or she is eligible to vote in the referendum but has not received a mail ballot by April 15, 1996, should immediately contact Rebecca Fial at (202) 260-0151. The referendum will be held in accordance with the provisions for referenda of the Tobacco Inspection Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 511d) and the regulations for such referendum set forth in 7 CFR 29.74. Dated: March 11, 1996. Lon Hatamiya, Administrator. 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